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No. 82,672. PATENTED SEPT. 29, 1868.

J. 13.;WO0TEN. DRAFT VALVE FOR RAILROAD GAR STOVES,

Letters Patent m. 82,672, dqted September- 29, 1868.:

DRAUGHT-VALVE ,INRAILROADi-OAB strovss my: firlgelufl: referrer: m itilgt's: Eittzrs fitted animating gart 'nf tip-terro Y TOhLL WHOM IT MAY oosohnNi Be itirnhwn thatI, JOHN E. Woe'rIsN, of Readin'gIBerks county, Pennsylvenie, hm inherited-en Improved Mode of Controlling the Temperature of Railrouri-Cers; and I do herebyxieclare the foilowing to bee full, clear, andexaet description'of'tlie same l i My invention eonsists of deflector so combined with the eir-hestinglspeee of s rsilroed-c'erstove or hester,

and with the delivery-pipes or orifices connected-therewith, thatlwhen the car is in inotion, the sairl deflector can be made to control the temperstnre. of the car, substantially as described hereafter.

- v In order to enable others shilledsin the art to apply my invention, I will now proceed {to describe s'mode' of carrying the same into efi'ect, reference Being hjed to the accompanying drewingwhi'ch forms a part of this specification, and in which I i I Figure-1 is a side view .of part of a rsilroed-car to illnstratemy invention.

.Figure 2 is a sectional eler'ation of the same. "Figure 3, a tren'srerse yerticsl section on the line 1-2, fig 1. Figures', 5, and (hidetatihed views of heater, &c.,'for carrying out my invention end Figure 7, embdiiication of part of the apparatus. r Similar letters refer to similar parts throughout the several Views.

The body of the car,

which I prefer to construct in the following manner! hwy v v A casing, C, of the square or. rectengulaeform shown injhedrswfin'g; and enclosing the firxchamher, rests p of which a is the floor, and b b portions of the opposite siiies, rests uponthe usual trucks B B, and midway, or thgreahouts, between the letter, and secured to the, underside of the #005, is a heater,

upon end is secured to the plete-d a. pipe; f,foithe escape of the, products of 'c oinhustion, extending upwards through an opening in'lthe floor of the (tar, and through the roof of the semeg The grateD, of the firecha n her, consists of the stetionerj'inclined'side-pieees g, end-the movshle portion {he l'atter being. hung to the side-pieces by a rod, 7:, end preve ntei from falling by sired, 1:", es shown in figs. 4, 5, and- 6; end at the toptdfl the easing O, and directly beneath its pipe 3, is a ,c'hsmber, z, ec ross the? lower end of which extend 'bars i, the purpose of which'will-be esplained hereafter. i Surrounding the easing O, and-secured to the plate d, are two casings, E and F, by 'uieans of' which are formed tn o chambers,j 'and k, and oh theouterside of thecssing F'plre two floors, Z and Z, through which access ina'y be had-to the door ii: of 'theifii'e'chamher, rind the door 112 of the ash-pit.

Air is siipplie lfto thejchamberj through 11' short pipe, 12-, which extends between the casings E end 1, 41,116

at the mouth of this pipe is a deflector, G,'('show'n in figs. 3nd 6,) hung" te'p'rojeetionspp'of the casing F,

and operated from ebove-hy'a meg, will he explained-hereafter. j V I I i The heatert'hus' constructed, is supportedhy sfiitehlerhangers, c c, seciired to the under side of the csr. 'A flat pipe, H, is arranged within the csr, neal-'the side of the sem s, and beneath the row "of seats]; I,

these-id pipe extending through the entire length oththe cs yend eommunicating with the hot-sir chamberj of the heater, through a vertical tlibe,'r i v Beneath each of the seats Lie :1. horisontsl tuhe, J, that oi' one seat serving its at foot-rest for the passengers occiipyi'ng the mljacent seat, and each tehe communicatingatone-end with the-pipe H, its. opposite end, which .v

is open, termiuating'near-the middle the ear.

, If thecar he inoviug in the-direction of the arrow Z, fi 6, the deflector G is aiijusted, 'rneahsef t'hi'od I q, tq the position shown h'yflbloich lines, whein owin'ig to the speed of'the ear, s. forcible current of coldair will pd ssi'nt'o the chamber}; tovbe there'heated before it pass'es into the'pipes H-,'.aln:d,is distributed therefrom to difi'erent points-in*theqsfl'throngh thehorizontal tubes J.

It will be seen that these tubesserve-the twofold purpose of warming-rests fol-the feet, and rhedie for the delivery of hot niret points at short distzthee-iebeve'thefloor, andpeprjto theihicldleof the ear.

Should' the interior of'thc ear become too' hot by this forcible introduction o heated air, the deileetorGr may he so adjusted that the cold air admitted to the chamber j will be reduced in volume, when acorrcsponding reduction in the amount ofheated air distributed into the car will take place. i

If itis desirable that the introduction of heated air into the car should cease entirely, the deflector is adjusted to the pos'itionshown in red linesflig. 6, when, if the car he still moving inthe direction of the arrow 1, not only will further access of cold air'to the chamber be discontinued, but such a partial vacuum will be caused therein, that the heated air in the car will be exhausted to make way for suchcold air as may enter through the door-ways and windows. U

It will thus be seen that when the car is in motion, the deflector canbe. s bi'oper'ated or adjusted, that through the medium of the air-heating space and distributing-pipes, the temperature c t. the car can be regulated at pleasure.

My invention may be carried into effect by a heater placed within the car, although I prefer to secure it outside the same, in the manner described, as, in case of collisions and otheraccidents, the fuel will not be apt to ignite the interior of the car. 'The grating 11 will also prevent the access of ignited fuel to thewood-work of the car in case of accidents.

The outer casing F serves as a simple jacket, and prevents the cooling of the heater in severe weather.

A suitable grating may be placed above the horizontal distributing-pipe J, as a rest for the feet of the I passengers. I y It is not essential that the deflector G should be hung directly to the heater in the manner described, as 'air may be supplied to the spacej through a pipe carried through thereof of the car, a deflector, G, being hinged to the top of-the pipe, on the outsidevof the car, in'a'vmannerwhich will be readily understoodby 1 reference to fig. 7. Nor does the mainfeature of my invention'depend upon the arrangement of distributingpipes herein described, as the heated air may be admitted to the car through orifices or gratings placedat s'u-Eta ble points. The smoke-pipeflxvhere it passes through the car, may be surrounded by a metal drum. 2:, secured tothe floor.

'I- claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent- -A deflector, so combined with the air-heating space of a railroad-car stove orheater, and with the deliverypipes ororifices. connected therewith, that when the car is in motion, the said deflector can be made to control the temperature of the car, substantially in the manner describe In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

' J. E.. WOOTTEN.

Witnesses:

WM. A. STEEL, I C. B. PRICE. 

